Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab, an award-winning journalist, was the editor of the Palestinian English weekly Al-Fajr in Jerusalem from 1982 to 1989. He is a former Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University, and the author of State of Palestine NOW. Follow him on X @daoudkuttab and Threads @daoud.kuttab.

July 7, 2025

Daoud Kuttab

I Covered the Intifada. It’s Wrong to Say It Means Violence Against Jews.

I can say unequivocally: Intifada was used by Palestinian activists to describe a civil resistance movement rooted in dignity and national self-determination.

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